Chapter 229: The Horns of Warning
She knelt before the altar, fingers hovering over the ancient markings. Her hand trembled slightly as she continued from where she had stopped before, her fingertips grazing the grooves carved deep into the slab.
The rushed engraving on the altar seemed to pulse as she moved her hands through it, matching her heartbeat.
| ššššššššš |...
Sophia's lips parted, ready to read it aloud when suddenly, a horn blared.
She froze mid-breath, eyes wide as the sound echoed through the shrine walls, rolling down the stone corridors like a wounded beast's cry.
Then silence.
It blared again.
Stopped.
And again.
The sound was rhythmic, purposefulālike a warning. The vibrations seemed to hum through the very stones beneath her feet. It was coming from the pack compound.
This wasn't like the horn she heard when the Skylur attacked or like the one during the festival. This was different.
